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    1. [NTT] Newham - a bit of a rogue!
    2. Andrea Newham
    3. Hello folks I have uncovered 1934/35 newspaper article(s) telling of the court case of a Thomas Newham of Plimsoll Terrace who robbed the meter and went off for some time before handing himself in as he was fed-up of wandering! He was later imprisoned leaving his young family to the mercies of the means test - his character was reported to be quite worthless. this does rather back up family folklore which said he tended to wander off,was not a good father and was in prison possibly more than once PLUS he also managed to invalid himself out of the trenches of WW1 by shooting himself in the foot. I have found his attestation records which appear to indicate this story is true! That's the background but what id like to know is: Where was Plimsoll Terrace? Would Thomas have been sent to Nottingham Prison and would there be records of his time there? Andrea Newham

    02/01/2012 02:08:04